2M Q&A - Private Life, Future Of Podcasting & Becoming Religious - #776

I hit 2 million Subscribers on YouTube!!

To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, so here’s another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there’s some great questions in here about my thoughts on Andrew Huberman's recent drama, the future of the podcasting industry and whether I'm becoming religious or not.

Expect to learn what I'd tell my 18 year old self, whether I'm afraid I'll ever run out of content, if I can keep up the pace of 3 episodes a week, if I just bring on people who confirm my worldview, how I try to keep my private life private, whether I know how to max out growth during puberty and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:34) Knowing Your Real Friends (01:40) Working Hard Without Results (03:28) Are Guests Supporting or Challenging Chris? (06:05) Reaching 1K Vs 2M Subscribers (07:08) Chris’s Upcoming Book (07:37) Creating Flashy Podcasts (10:20) Maximising Growth in Puberty (11:06) Moving On From Old Friends (13:06) Talking to Your 18 Year Old Self (14:24) Trying to Feel Feelings (17:29) Afraid of Running Out of Content? (18:05) Biggest Animal Chris Could Beat in Combat (18:52) Pushing the Boundaries of Podcasting (20:17) Keeping Private Life Private (22:17) Premiere Feature on YouTube (23:27) Next UK Tour (24:04) How to Stop Repeating Mistakes (27:48) The Hit Piece on Huberman (30:16) Going to Church Services (31:42) Switching From Coffee to Neutonic (32:50) Pre-Bedtime Routine (34:23) Did Chris Think He Would Be Successful? (36:48) The Future of Podcasting (39:08) Are We Cooked as a Society? (41:18) Plagiarising Other People’s Thoughts (43:49) How To Date Chris (44:01) The Mission Statement of Modern Wisdom (45:32) Strongly Disagreeing With Guests (49:31) The Guest Selection Process (51:53) Will 3 Episodes a Week Continue? (54:35) Modern Wisdom Merch (56:44) Is There Too Much Competition in Podcasting? (58:05) Difficult Beliefs to Let Go (01:00:48) How Far Self-Improvement Should Go (01:03:44) Chris’s Last Time at Tup Tup (01:04:49) Favourite Texas Rangers Player (01:05:09) Getting Out of Low Moments (01:09:27) A Modern Wisdom Dating App (01:10:04) Go-To Place for Finding Studies (01:11:51) All The Different Pill Analogies (01:12:50) Making Friends But Not Being Needy (01:15:45) Is Everything Women’s Fault? (01:22:28) Best Cheese to Fascinate a Woman (01:23:09) Which Podcasts Chris Listens to (01:24:45) Podcast With Lex Fridman (01:25:21) Dream Feature on a Dating App (01:26:30) Plans for the Next 10 Years (01:27:46) Being Excited for the Rest of the Year (01:29:09) Layne Norton (01:29:28) Plans for More Products Like Neutonic (01:30:57) A Debate-Style Roundtable Podcast (01:33:00) Meeting Friends in Early 30s (01:34:48) A Female With Male Role Models (01:35:54) Full Episodes Disappearing (01:36:33) Optimisations for Growth (01:38:28) Motivation When Nobody Listened (01:40:13) Videos on Spotify (01:41:46) Learning More About Religion (01:43:26) Enjoying Youth Whilst Also Being Disciplined (01:47:18) Ending

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